Date: May 9, 2008
Douglas Wilford Cotton. (AKA "Lewy")
Born January 13, 1924 in Cottontown, TN
Died May 9, 2008 Age 84
Douglas passed away at the Alive Hospice Center in Madison TN. He had been living in his daughter’s and son in laws' home in Cottontown through his last 11 years of a 12 year battle with Lewy Body Dementia.
He is survived by his daughter, Kathi Pauline, and his son in law, Boone Gregory. He is also survived by his grandson Douglas III “Trey” and his wife Bonnie Cotton of Gallatin, and his sister Maynard Estelle “Tom” Scott of Gallatin.
Douglas was preceded in death by: his wife, Pauline; his son, Douglas Jr. “Sonny”; his grand daughter Joy Lynn Cotton; his parents Vernie Lou and John William Cotton; and his sister Emma “Tinker” Louine Blankenship.
He served in the United States Navy’s 7th Fleet during World War II in the South Pacific aboard the USS Currituck (AV-7)
After the war he and his bride settled in Madison, TN. where they raised their two children. He owned a real estate company and through the 1960s owned his own residential construction company. After being employed by American Motors and then a local Ford Dealership, he opened his own company “Mobile Housing Sales, Inc." in Goodlettsville. He kept that business from the late 60’s through his retirement in 1980.
He and his wife, Pauline moved to Naples Florida were they spent the rest of their lives together. After Pauline passed away in 1997, Douglas moved in with his daughter and son in law back in Tennessee.
He was officially diagnosed with LBD in June 2005.
His brain is being donated to the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center for research into causes and cures of Neurological disorders.
For local friends and relatives, visitation will be held at his home in Cottontown on Saturday May 10 between the hours of 3PM and 6PM.
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